Australia’s usually mild-mannered medical researchers marched in the streets a year ago to protest mooted government budget cuts. In the face of widespread outcry, the government chose to maintain the…
Guidelines help doctors decide on the best way to treat patients.
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By Elim Papadakis, National Health and Medical Research Council
TRANSPARENCY AND MEDICINE – A series examining issues from ethics to the evidence in evidence-based medicine, the influence of medical journals to the role of Big Pharma in our present and future health…
Healthy food needs to promote long-term health, so must consider environmental impact.
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By Jane Daly, University of Technology, Sydney and Sandra Murray, University of Tasmania
When eating for health and the environment, not all foods are created equal. The consumption of seafood has led to the over-exploitation of three quarters of the world’s oceans. Meat and dairy foods require…
The value of medical research extends beyond pure economics.
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The Federal Government’s main medical research funding body, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), last week announced its 2011 program and development grants, and postgraduate scholarship…
Cutting down on processed food means less rubbish in the bin.
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The NHMRC’s new Australian dietary guidelines recommend eating more fruits, vegetables, legumes, beans and wholegrains and eating fewer starchy vegetables, refined cereals, red meat (unless you are a young…
In 2009, 180 years worth of time was used up preparing grant applications instead of doing research.
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Chance is something researchers feel could be important when their applications for scientific research funding are assessed and discussed in peer review.
Now this hunch has been supported by an analysis…
Francis Crick (right) and James Watson (far left) started a revolution in medicine.
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By Warwick Anderson, National Health and Medical Research Council
Medical science has changed the human health and lifespan in the last century and now another revolution is coming in health.
This revolution will entail closing the chasm between what medical evidence…
Anyone expecting undying gratitude from scientists should think again.
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The post-budget political rhetoric to me reinforces the underlying, ongoing, disdain that this, and indeed many previous, governments have for science-related matters in Australia.
Minister Carr is reported…
Why is writing grant proposals the bane of scientists' lives?
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Getting research money, especially the no-strings-attached kind that government agencies give out, is difficult. Researchers spend months on each proposal with only a small chance of getting funded.
Winning…
Are we a step closer to equality in Australian laboratories?
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Yesterday, April 11, should be remembered as the day the Australian science community agreed to change. Specifically, it agreed to change the way we work to enable women to fully participate, and to prevent…
